Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-11-10

crat and II. +. Maxcll II democrat votes
here Mr.. Chas. A. Eylcr IS republican
totes. COL Il. V. Baughman was crt %,
John II. Mills "a and :. NJ. Birriv IL votes.
The election passed off quietly.
RonEEEy.-O the night of the election
the postotficr here was trloniously entered by
forcing the door; from $50 to $40 worth Of
goods were stolen.
There will 10 services in Apples church
Thursday and Friday evenings at O'Clock
and Saturday afternoon at . o'clock prrpar-
atorv to communion ON Sunday morning at
10 o clock.
Men are often heard saying that their as
piraliohS are high, but every time they cough
thci1 noses go towards the earth, with indi-
cations that they will follow soon, unless they
are wise enough to take DR.. Bulls Cough
! Syrup.
".\dam She goodlrst man of men since
bonn" still could not be called exactly envla-
die, for when he titled the ground in lhcucWy
| twilight and caught II sharp touch Of fheuma,
tl>n', he had no Salvation Oil ix. hir cure,
and no % cents to try it.
SAFES Saturday next, Nov. 18TH at
. o'clock Il. m. Ross f. Withcrow will sell II
valuable 10, of household furniture at his
Aomoon W. Main Il For particulars see
Wi, rrli>cmcnts in another column and bills
ON Saturday next, Nov. l9th, at l o'clock
p. IN. Christian lIarnan will sell valnahl"
lot of household effects ri his home On Car.
| roll St. See bills 'A
On Saturday Nov 2Gth James NJ. Grouse
will sell nj public sale his valuable Owens
Creek farm See advertisement in anothcrI
column and bills
! On Friday Noy. 25lh Jos ~ Gclnhnd, cN
ccu,6r Of Julia Bi@gs, deceased viii sell a
house aad lot in Gllrrh"m. See advertise.
ment ipsmo,hcr columns and bills.
/ On SATURDAY next, Nov. 18th, N - O'Clock
! NJ, Frederick White, executor of Isaac \.
si}ar,on, deceased, will ;, Il the house and lot
/
other column and bills.
VIZ go A.DUcklNG. wFive solid day. OF
relaxation from the cares Of business and we
are again at our post, rcfrrshe'lnnd ready for
hard work.
The W. Nd. Fast Mail ana tn Ericson
Line steamboat Rtchurd Whiting carried Il,
hence to RyhoIl's Wharf on the ELK River
from the hour OF l.. top. N. to $40 =. m, ON
! Monday Of last week Lhc..pAyWrr OF "ur
pleasures, was DR.. NJ. e catlrf'nn and I''
too feels like two new inca.
Having gone it blind, we found oursrIyr,
on lonesome wharf, in the dark and Il rain
storm, with no Known shelter for the night,
but being somewhat accustomed to such rN-
pelicncr on similar trips, we soon found
house and persuaded. Mr.. Woodford Norman
Il col0rcd man of excellent parts, to "wakrn
the boss" Mr.. VIM. ,Woollcyhan, aWaken"d
proved to he a courteous and hospltablc gen
tlcman. He gave Us accommodations Anu
Herewith excellent advicrto the effect that
there were much better points beyond the
rivc,~ wilcrc we went on Tuesday after a-half
dag fruitless cunning on the south shores
Of the Elk, not altogether without result
/ however as Doc. succeeded in quilting us
into shooting at dclapilatcd decoy that h"
found along the shorc-wc hit ii, MIR. No"d-
ford Norman, n very expert oarSnan, roWcu
us across the Elk during Il gale, landing lis
safely and pilotcd Us 10 the home of Mr.
CHRISTOPHER 3. Newton, ON the Turkey
Point farm, Elk Neck. Here we struck the
prince ofgood fellows, and wvrc made to feel
at home and comfortable by the con dial man
ncrs of Mr.: Chris. and Mrs. Lihhic Newton,
Mr.. n. being full of the same disease, soon
agreed to 30 with Us and aid i'll mllin@ ar
ranccmcn,s fora days duck shooting and he
led MS to the home Of Mr.. Joseph n. Curricr
who we will shy ID passing was in Co. Both
Md. regiment, uader Capt. tcoI> John r.
Rouzcr of or town,eacl Of whom well re
mehlhrr,lke other.
+ An, now we ha,ohit it, Mr. G. is vet
eraa, he was once reckoncd With the crack
Shots on the Susquchanna Flats,Sl A. now
fisherman and has all the necessary boats
and is well up in tie necdfulr inforlnation
hens ready to acconanodn us, to go with us
andAta reasonable expense. An arrang
mcnt1is made for the next day and we return
with Mr.. Newton. The day Is not yet over,
it isfmarkcd by an event Of no mean pro.
portions and our host, MI Chris. Newton
is the hero. In our tramp up from the river
the shades of evening falling fast, Doc, dis.
=, covers dog, keeping "a course parallel with
us hut Mr.. \. acts strangely; he cyi.lccs Il
determination to kill taat dog he shoots once
and then again-thcn stamps it sayagclNop-
Ton the hrad-thcn suddenly retreats and
c calls for another gun--hc shoots again and
| says 81 thought it was Il 'possum, but it aint,
no, il was not a 'possum, 1t was alpoIccat
and for the next several hours Chris chdcd
himself for his hankeIins after possum.
i In few line we VIII conclude our triI